everything's coming up roses

Stamping over acrylic paint and that lovely Slick Slate from Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

tied up with ribbon

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Purple Potion for this mani. I had no idea how blue it would turn out with the flash! The ribbon stamp is from Red Angel plate RA-121.

peacocky

I got a new Sally Hanson Insta-Dri color today - Blue Streak - and it sooo pretty :) I don't really have many metallic colors but I couldn't pass this one up.

Vampy V-gap

This mani is a variation on a style that was made popular in the 1930's where is was fashionable to leave the half moon and the tip of the nail bare.

Marianne Mead's book, Charm & Personality, originally published in 1938, stated that "neither the moon at the base of the nail, nor the whitened tip is covered with polish. While a few women will cover the entire nail with polish, this style is considered a little extreme, and the more conservative leave the moon and tip free of polish."

I guess I would have been considered "a little extreme"...

hot pink crocodile!

With all of these new plates I'm gonna be wrapped up in stamping for weeks! I am really happy with the bigger images, the designs turn out way better :)

dotted

This is the 3rd mani I've done for this leopard print dress I have. The other two were leopard but I wanted to try something different. Its pretty simple and I'm not sure if I like it all that much but it's late and I'm not doing it over ;)

• base coat - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Wet Cement
• design - Sinful Colors - Hazard, Konad Special Polish - Black Pearl

bows - cause I really like 'em

Looks like its gonna be a weekly occurrence...

• base coat - Sally Hansen - Blue-Away
• image plate - M79 & M59 with black Konad Stamping Polish

rose garden

I got the Island Escape collection from China Glaze yesterday and I just don't know what to use first! I've seen this style of rose mani a few times and I love how girly it is. It was really easy to do and it went pretty fast.

• base coat - Mint Sorbet - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear
• roses - Hazard- Sinful Colors, Speedy Sunburst - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri
• leaves - Cha Cha Cha - China Glaze

cherry blossoms!

I had completely forgotten that I had ordered image plate M66 from Konad last week and it arrived today along with some other pretty great stuff. I love the designs on this plate, and they transfer so well! I decided to use just the cherry blossom stamp...

• base coat - China Glaze - For Audrey
• branches - Sinful Colors - Nirvana
• cherry blossoms - Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Speedy Sunburst

I'm really happy with how this turned out and am tempted to leave it on for more than one day ;)

laser mani

Saw a tutorial for a laser mani done with tape on the blog Nailside and was super excited to try it. I have to say, this was probably the most time consuming mani I've done so far, much more difficult than it looked! Mine were nowhere near as neat as hers but I think it was a good first attempt. I used Blue Away and Brisk Blue by Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

friday i'm in love......with orange!

I saw a tutorial on The Daily Nail for a design called Whats the Mod-er? and thought I would give it a try. I have an adorable orange/black/gray summer dress and I wanted to use these colors without it looking too halloween-ie.
Here is the dress......

and here are the nails :)

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sun Kissed, and Wet Cement, and Konad special black stamping polish. This was super black, but it got goopy very quickly.

Thursdays nails

I wanted to try something a little different with color so I painted with two and only stamped with one.(I've been doing it the other way around so far). Not really crazy about them, but I have a super cute skirt that matches perfectly that I'm wearing tomorrow. I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lightning, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Wet Cement, Black Konad Stamping polish, and image plate BM11.